Developmental English
Reading for Results, 10th Edition
ISBN-10: 0618766774 ISBN-13: 9780618766772
752 Pages Paperbound
© 2008 Published
- Overview
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- About the Author
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- Table of Contents
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- Features
Features
- More exercises cover how to draw conclusions and how to tell the difference between logical and illogical inferences.
- Each chapter now concludes with directions to the Online Study Center, where students can find three levels of interactive tests written by the author--Getting Down the Basics, Checking Your Progress, and Taking the Challenge--all of which review, at different levels of difficulty, the skills introduced by the chapter.
- The Online Study Center also gives students access to Getting Focused, the interactive program for reading improvement created by Laraine and Ulrich Flemming.
- End-of-chapter vocabulary quizzes review words previously introduced in footnotes while placing those words in the context of compelling historical events such as the famous Scopes trial; the first all-women's convention at Seneca Falls, New York; the tragic sinking of the Titanic; and the political cartoons of social critic Thomas Nast. These tests will enlarge students' vocabulary and enhance their knowledge of common cultural allusions.
- A brand new section on using the Web covers how to develop background knowledge in preparation for reading textbooks.
- A revised critical reading chapter places more emphasis on purpose, tone, and bias.
- An expanded discussion of inferences describes how readers use them to fill in supporting details implied but not stated by the author.
- New explanations of graphic organizers discuss the role they play in flexible reading and note-taking.
- Numerous new single and multiparagraph readings cover intriguing topics such as fraudulent cloning experiments, the popularity of telenovelas, the first successful face transplant, the growing problem of binge drinking on college campuses, and Bill Gates's stunning about-face concerning computers and social change.